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Groundcovers

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Description
Zone
Light
Foot Traffic
Bloom Period
Bloom Color
Height
PART SHADE/SHADE
Cymbalaria muralis 3 Part Shade/Shade Light All Season Lavender 3″
Hydrocotyle sibthorpioides 6 Part Shade/Shade Moderate Spring White 1″
Leptinella purpurea 5 Part Shade/Shade Moderate Spring Yellow 2″
Leptinella squalida 5 Part Shade/Shade Moderate Spring Yellow 1-2″
Leptinella x ‘Platt’s Black’ 5 Part Shade/Shade Moderate Spring Yellow 2″
Linaria lobatus 6 Part Shade/Shade Light Summer White 1-2″
Lysimachia nummularia 4 Part Shade/Shade Moderate Summer Yellow 2-6″
Lysimachia nummularia ‘Aurea’ 4 Part Shade/Shade Moderate Summer Yellow 2-6″
Mentha requienii 6 Part Shade/Shade Moderate Summer Lavender 1-3″
Veronica repens ‘Sunshine’ 4 Part Shade/Shade Moderate Spring Blue, Pearl 1-3″
Viola coreana ‘Sylvia Hart’ 4 Part Shade/Shade Light Spring, Late Pink, Hot 4″
Viola yakusimana 6 Part Shade/Shade Moderate Spring, Late White 1-2″
PART SUN/PART SHADE
Acaena anserinifolia ‘Blue Haze’ 6 Part Sun/Part Shade Light Summer Cream 1″
Acaena inermis ‘Purpurea’ 6 Part Sun/Part Shade Light Summer Cream 3″
Ajuga reptans ‘Chocolate Chip’ 3 Part Sun/Part Shade Moderate Spring & Autumn Blue 1-2″
Armeria maritima ‘Rubrifolia’ 4 Part Sun/Part Shade Light Spring, Late Pink, Deep 6-8″
Armeria maritima ‘Victor Rite’ 3 Part Sun/Part Shade Light Spring, Late Pink, Light 2-3″
Artemisia viridis ‘Tiny Green’ 3 Part Sun/Part Shade Light Spring, Late Cream 2-3″
Carex berggrenii 6 Part Sun/Part Shade Moderate Summer, Early Silver 1-2″
Carex speciosa ‘Velebit Humilis’ 4 Part Sun/Part Shade Light Spring, Late Cream 4-6″
Glechoma hederacea ‘Variegata’ 5 Part Sun/Part Shade Light Summer Purple 3-6″
Hedera helix ‘Spetchley’ 5 Part Sun/Part Shade Moderate None None 1″
Houstonia caerulea 4 Part Sun/Part Shade Light Summer Blue 3″
Leptinella potentillina 6 Part Sun/Part Shade Moderate Spring Yellow 1-2″
Lysimachia japonica ‘Minutissima’ 6 Part Sun/Part Shade Heavy Summer Yellow 1″
Sagina subulata ‘Aurea’ 4 Part Sun/Part Shade Heavy Spring White 1-4″
Sagina subulata ‘Verna’ 4 Part Sun/Part Shade Heavy Spring White 1-4″
Trifolium repens ‘Atropurpureum’ 4 Part Sun/Part Shade Moderate Summer White 6″
Veronica repens 4 Part Sun/Part Shade Moderate Spring White, Pearl 1-3″
Viola labradorica 2 Part Sun/Part Shade Moderate All Season Lilac 2-4″
SUN
Acinos alpinus 5 Sun Light Summer Lilac, Deep 4-6″
Antennaria carpatica 2 Sun Moderate Summer Cream 2″
Anthemis carpatica ‘Karpatenschnee’ 6 Sun Light Summer, Early White 6″
Arabis ferdinandi-coburgii ‘Old Gold’ 5 Sun Light Spring White 2-4″
Cerastium alpinum lanatum 3 Sun Light Summer White 2-4″
Dianthus gratianopolitanus ‘Sternkissen’ 3 Sun Light Spring, Late Pink/Purple 3″
Erinus alpinus 6 Sun Moderate Spring, Late Violet 6″
Scutellaria pontica 6 Sun Moderate Summer Red, Bright 6-8″
Sedum album ‘Coral Carpet’ 6 Sun Light Summer White 4″
Thymus ‘Archer’s Gold’ 5 Sun Moderate Summer, Late Lavender, Light 2″
SUN/PART SUN
Anacyclus depressus ‘Silver Kisses’ 3 Sun/Part Sun Moderate Spring White 3″
Arabis sturrii 4 Sun/Part Sun Moderate Spring White 3″
Cerastium tomentosum 3 Sun/Part Sun Moderate Summer White 3″
Chamaemelum nobile 5 Sun/Part Sun Moderate Spring Yellow 2-6″
Dianthus ‘Tiny Rubies’ 3 Sun/Part Sun Light Spring Pink, Hot 3″
Erigeron scopulinus 4 Sun/Part Sun Moderate Spring, Late White 0.5″
Erigeron trifidus 5 Sun/Part Sun Light Summer, Early Lavender 2″
Erysimum kotschyanum 4 Sun/Part Sun Light Spring, Early Yellow 1-3″
Erysimum kotschyanum ‘Orange Flame’ 4 Sun/Part Sun Light Spring Orange 1-3″
Euonymus fortunei ‘Kewensis’ 5 Sun/Part Sun Moderate None None 2-6″
Gypsophila cerastoides 5 Sun/Part Sun Light Spring, Late White 3″
Hernaria glabra ‘Green Carpet’ 5 Sun/Part Sun Heavy Summer White 1-2″
Hutchinsia alpina 3 Sun/Part Sun Moderate Spring White 3″
Leontipodium souliei 5 Sun/Part Sun Light Spring, Late Cream 4″
Lotus corniculatus ‘Floro-Pleno’ 4 Sun/Part Sun Heavy Summer Yellow 3-4″
Mazus reptans ‘Alba’ 4 Sun/Part Sun Moderate Summer White 2″
Mazus reptans ‘Purple’ 4 Sun/Part Sun Moderate Summer Purple 2″
Muehlenbeckia axillaris nana 6 Sun/Part Sun Heavy Summer White Fruit 2-4″
Petrohagia saxifraga 6 Sun/Part Sun Light Summer Pink, Light 6-8″
Potentilla crantzii ‘Pygmaea’ 3 Sun/Part Sun Light Spring Yellow 2-4″
Potentilla neumanniana (Verna) 5 Sun/Part Sun Heavy Spring Yellow 2-6″
Potentilla reptans ‘Pleniflora’ 4 Sun/Part Sun Moderate Summer Yellow 4-6″
Sedum ‘Acre’ 4 Sun/Part Sun Moderate Summer Yellow 1-2″
Sedum album chloroticum ‘Baby Tears’ 4 Sun/Part Sun Light Summer White 2″
Sedum hispanicum minus ‘Purple Form’ 5 Sun/Part Sun Light Summer, Late Pink 0.5-1″
Sedum humifusum 4 Sun/Part Sun Moderate Summer Yellow 1″
Sedum lydium 4 Sun/Part Sun Light Summer White 1-3″
Sedum pachyclados 5 Sun/Part Sun Moderate Summer White 2″
Sedum requieni 4 Sun/Part Sun Heavy Summer Yellow 0.25″
Sedum spurium ‘John Creech’ 4 Sun/Part Sun Moderate Summer Pink 2-4″
Spergularia rubra 6 Sun/Part Sun Moderate Spring, Late Pink, Hot 4-6″
Stachys densiflora ‘Alba’ 4 Sun/Part Sun Moderate Summer White 2-4″
Thymus doerfleri ‘Bressingham’ 4 Sun/Part Sun Moderate Spring, Late Pink, Hot 2-4″
Thymus ‘Pink Chintz’ 4 Sun/Part Sun Moderate Summer Pink, Salmon 1-2″
Thymus praecox ‘Highland Cream’ 5 Sun/Part Sun Moderate Spring, Late Pink, Soft 2-4″
Thymus pseudolanuginosus 6 Sun/Part Sun Heavy Summer Pink 3″
Thymus serpyllum ‘Albus’ 4 Sun/Part Sun Moderate Summer White 2″
Thymus serpyllum ‘Coccineus’ 4 Sun/Part Sun Moderate Summer Rose, Light 2″
Thymus serpyllum ‘Elfin’ 4 Sun/Part Sun Heavy Summer Pink, Light 1-2″
Thymus serpyllum ‘Magic Carpet’ 5 Sun/Part Sun Moderate Spring, Late Pink, Carmine 3″
Thymus ‘Spicy Orange’ 5 Sun/Part Sun Moderate Summer Pink, Light 4″
Thymus x citriodorus ‘Doone Valley’ 5 Sun/Part Sun Moderate Summer Lilac 4″
Veronica allionii 4 Sun/Part Sun Moderate Summer, Early Blue, Light 4″
Veronica liwanensis 3 Sun/Part Sun Light Summer Blue, Cobalt 2″
Veronica oltensis 4 Sun/Part Sun Moderate Spring Blue 1″
Veronica pectinata ‘Blue’ 5 Sun/Part Sun Light Spring Blue, Light 3″
Veronica pectinata ‘Rosea’ 5 Sun/Part Sun Light Spring Pink, Rose 3″
Veronica surculosa ‘Waterperry Blue’ 4 Sun/Part Sun Moderate Spring Blue, Sky 4-6″
Veronica x ‘New Century’ 6 Sun/Part Sun Moderate Summer Blue 3″

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